Mazza67
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I find this annoying!! I got my car last Saurday, a 14 plate and this function is not on it. Can i assume that i can change it using the vcds and vag cable? Has anyone else who has a 14 plate got this feature?
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My FR is a 63 plate and has the feature. Despite your car being on a 14 reg, the car could have been built a few months ago and the dealer maybe has just only registered it for a 14 reg. Was your car a factory order or was the car already at the dealers when you bought it?
Again I would check your VIN against that website and you can see when the car was built and go from there. If it should have the feature, are you putting the mirror control in the correct position before you put the car into reverse??
Just my thoughts as I have read that other members who have just collected their 14 plate cars have the feature and it works.
Mazza67 posted his/her build date was 29/11/2013 so the week before it was reinstated. That'll explain why it doesn't work.
While it's not uncommon for cars to be registered months after build it's something I'd want to know when I was buying - am I getting a stock car or a new order.
While it's not uncommon for cars to be registered months after build it's something I'd want to know when I was buying - am I getting a stock car or a new order.
Ahh well spotted! That explains it then
I totally agree with you, I too would want to know exactly when the car was built when ordering if they were not doing a factory order because if it was built just before a MY change you could miss out on additional specification being added to the new MY OR in SEAT's case loose out on specification that was on the previous MYl (like nets in boot and storage box under passenger seat
)In fact, I was in a similar situation, my car was a factory order, and when My Dealer told me my car was being built in week 48, I replied to them and asked if they could put in a request to the factory to push my build date back if at all possible, as I really wanted that feature.
The factory responded to the Dealer and pushed my car's build week to week 50 (just to make sure the feature was there) so I was happy, especially having waited that long for the car to be built and then it not getting that feature I personally feel is very useful
Mazza67
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You would think buying a new car like other people you would get the same features, i find this not right!! I just want to make sure that when reversing you have the mirror selection on the L one? Thanks for your replies guys.
Yes Mazza, you are spot one. Put the mirror selection to L and stick in reverse and mirror will dip.
It is frustrating when the manufacturer changes specifications during the year but they do have something in the small print in their brochures that gives them the right to amend the specs as and if required by them
I realise that there is a few threads on this, this one had the most responses.
From doing research I understand that there will be no fix for this from Seat, despite them being at fault in the first place. This will affect all cars build until the re-release of this feature in November 2013 I believe, any early FR owners with this facility or SE/FR owners who activated this with VCDS will have to live with the fault.
Apparently Seat in their wisdom fitted a slightly different mirror part to early Leons, this part was not fitted to other MQB platforms cars from VW, Skoda or Audi.
The issue seems to relate to Potentiometers in the mirror unit which control the mirror position and if it does not return correctly (as it happening) will instruct the software to move the mirror a little bit further, thus retuning it to the set starting position.
New Leons have the different mirror design, so currently if this is a problem for you then I guess either a new car or replacement mirror unit is the only solution.
If anyone wants to look at this german forum, it provides some explanations:
https://www.seat-leon.de/vboard/showthread.php?102794-Beifahrerspiegel-Kippfunktion&highlight=spiegel
From doing research I understand that there will be no fix for this from Seat, despite them being at fault in the first place. This will affect all cars build until the re-release of this feature in November 2013 I believe, any early FR owners with this facility or SE/FR owners who activated this with VCDS will have to live with the fault.
Apparently Seat in their wisdom fitted a slightly different mirror part to early Leons, this part was not fitted to other MQB platforms cars from VW, Skoda or Audi.
The issue seems to relate to Potentiometers in the mirror unit which control the mirror position and if it does not return correctly (as it happening) will instruct the software to move the mirror a little bit further, thus retuning it to the set starting position.
New Leons have the different mirror design, so currently if this is a problem for you then I guess either a new car or replacement mirror unit is the only solution.
If anyone wants to look at this german forum, it provides some explanations:
https://www.seat-leon.de/vboard/showthread.php?102794-Beifahrerspiegel-Kippfunktion&highlight=spiegel
So just to clarify - even brand new Leons ordered now and manufactured in the coming months (up till November) still have the potential to suffer from this problem?
If so, thats crazy
November last year - new cars are ok.
Would love to know the part no's and costs if the mirror has serviceable parts inside and can be bought without a complete mirror assembly ?
Urgh! Major reading malfunction detected on my end.
It does indeed clearly say 2013 in nokiauk's post. My apologies... ill go back to sleep now
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Me as well guess the painted cover won't be required or the glass but certainly the rest. I was close getting mine replaced under warranty they even ordered the part, prob as tech couldn't replicate on the day so no replacement fitted.
You'r right I never noticed the comma's, so much for my higher english.
Lol - no worries
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